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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Road Town in British Virgin Islands

Posted by admin on August 23, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 18.7289S, -64.3252WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Road Town in British Virgin Islands. Exact location of earthquake, -64.3252° West, 18.7289° North, depth 46.75 km. Id of earthquake: us700057pq. Event ids that are associated: pt19235050, us700057pq. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 46.75 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/08/19 / 2019-08-23 21:33:02 / August 23, 2019 @ 9:33 pm. The temblor was reported at 17:33:02 / 5:33 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Tortola (c. 23 900 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Charlotte Amalie (c. 20 000 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Road Town (c. 8 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Cruz Bay (c. 2 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, British Virgin Islands (c. 22 000 pop), U.S. Virgin Islands (c. 109 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Charlotte Amalie, Cruz Bay, Road Town (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 46 km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -64.3252° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 18.7289° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.75 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-08-23 21:33:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-23 22:00:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 12 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 360 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.366 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 115 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us700057pq Id of event.
Event Code 700057pq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt19235050,us700057pq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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